When It Seems Good, but It Isn't
Focus on the Family Marriage Podcast
Focus on the Family
4.5 • 1.9K Ratings
🗓️ 8 March 2022
⏱️ 12 minutes
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Summary
Sometimes, it can look like you have a good marriage on the surface. But underneath, something is harming the foundation of your relationship. In those moments, what do you do? John, Erin and Greg discuss how to find a safe friend to talk to when your marriage is in trouble. Featuring Jeff and Cheryl Scruggs.
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, I'm Erin Smolley. |
| 0:04.0 | We all need encouragement and marriage. |
| 0:06.5 | So if you want biblical guidance on your journey, check out our podcast, Crazy Little Thing |
| 0:11.1 | Called Marriage, which I host with my husband, Dr. Greg Smolley. |
| 0:15.3 | We chat with some great folks about how you can make your marriage stronger every day. |
| 0:20.1 | Listen at crazylittlething Called Marriage.com or wherever you get your podcasts. |
| 0:30.2 | Sometimes you see a friend who seems to have a great marriage on the surface, but underneath |
| 0:40.8 | some things eroding the foundation of their relationship. |
| 0:44.4 | I remember in our church we were doing a small group working through a marriage book |
| 0:49.5 | and we're kind of halfway through it and one of the couples separated and said we're |
| 0:54.3 | getting a divorce. |
| 0:55.3 | While we're going through a marriage book and we had hopefully it wasn't one of our books, |
| 0:59.4 | it was not one of your books. |
| 1:01.4 | Well I'm John Fuller joined in the studio by the couple in charge of our marriage team |
| 1:05.4 | here, Greg and Erin Smolley and they've written some great books. |
| 1:08.6 | We're going to start off today hearing a bit of a conversation with Jeff and Cheryl Scruggs. |
| 1:13.8 | Jim Daly and I talked to them about their incredible testimony. |
| 1:17.0 | They were married for 10 years to each other and then divorced for seven and then they |
| 1:22.0 | remarried each other and they've been together for more than 20 years since then. |
| 1:26.6 | There really is a story of God's redemption in a couple's lives. |
| 1:30.8 | Here's part of their story. |
| 1:32.7 | You know, Cheryl and I met and it was interesting, neither one of us were walking to walk. |
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